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I feel like I’m stuck and don’t know how I’m going to get out of this mess.
When Molly hugs me and leaves, I flop down on the sofa and can feel depression kicking in. I’m in hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt. I have no job prospects and I’m moving back home to live with my parents, who are ashamed of me.
At twenty-four.
Plus, I’ve put on a couple of pounds thanks to my calorific therapy called Ben & Jerrys’.
Fuck you, Knox Montgomery.
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THE NEXT MORNING I wake up and stare at the ceiling. I’ve never looked at it so much in all the time I’ve lived here.
I learn that I need to vacuum the cobwebs more often, and that there are no answers up there.
Nothing has changed despite having a good night’s sleep.
I roll over to grab my phone and feel nausea hit me.
Jesus.
I drop the phone and put my hand to my mouth, then run into the bathroom heaving.
By the time I’ve rinsed my mouth, I know.
Not for sure, but I’m pretty sure.
I stare in the mirror in horror.
Then start laughing. Like an insane person.
Like, you thought this couldn’t get any god damn worse, laughing.
Then I collapse onto the cold tiles and bawl my eyes out.
I’m pregnant.
